Hey Pacman

[The Golden Boy]

What do you know of this?

http://www.military.com/news/article...ESRC=army-a.nl

Army Offering 'Rock Star' Duty
March 12, 2009
Army News Service

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Army Entertainment Division wants to send a band on the road to entertain deployed troops - as soon as Soldier-musicians are ready to step onto the stage.

As unfathomable as it may sound, a temporary military duty of traveling the world with expenses paid to make music for fellow troops is available through USA Express.

Keyboard players, guitarists and drummers are needed - along with vocalists and an audio technician - to form an All-Army band that can play various genres of music.

USA Express, a revolving door of deployable musical-performance groups, began entertaining Soldiers in 1992. While the faces change and the tours vary, the mission remains the same: to provide "entertainment for the Soldier, by the Soldier," the working motto for Army Entertainment Division.

USA Express plans to begin playing gigs again this spring and summer - Soldier-performers permitting. Consider this a "last call" for military musicians to get their garage band out of the garage and onto the world stage, said Army Entertainment Division officials. March 31 is the deadline to apply.

Because the deployable group will provide entertainment for fellow troops at remote installations, training sites and isolated combat contingency areas, it is only open to active-duty Soldiers and deployable Guard and Reserve Soldiers.

Application instructions are available online at U.S.A. Express.

[Pacman]

Sounds like an updated version of the "All Army Soldier Show". It's not a part of the Army Band career field - you'll see it mentions a chance for soldiers to get their garage band out... cool idea, and will probably be a big hit with the audiences.


But it's nothing that Air Force bands haven't been doing for the entire time we've been over there though....